10,000 metres world record progression

The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54.14 for women.

[1] The first world record in the men's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

The first ratified record, Jean Bouin's time of 30:58.8 minutes, had been run the year before.

[2] The first world record in the women's 10,000 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1981.

[4] Where present, the "Auto" column gives a fully automatic time that was additionally recorded where the ratified mark was hand-timed, or from which the ratified mark was rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.